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Camden New Journal newspapers website
Inquest hears of missed chances to help nine-year-old who died from asthma attack
Camden New Journal newspapers website
A memorial chess tournament was held in April last year and December's “Super Rapidplay” at the London Chess Classic 2016 was also held in memory of Michael. Newspaper columnist Dominic Lawson, the president of the English Chess Federation, ...

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Telegraph.co.uk
Doctors missed 11 chances to treat chess champion before he died of chronic asthma, inquest hears
Telegraph.co.uk
... been competing in the Mindsports Olympiad, an international multi-disciplined competition which includes chess. A memorial chess tournament was held for Michael in April last year and December's Super Rapidplay at the London Chess Classic 2016 was ...

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Doctors missed 11 chances to treat chess champion before he died of chronic asthma, inquest hears  The Telegraph

Doctors missed 11 opportunities to treat a nine-year-old chess champion in the months before he died of chronic asthma, an inquest heard. Michael Uriely, who ...

Grand Chess Tour 2017 + US Championships  Chessbase News

In June we will see Carlsen, So, Caruana, Kramnik, Vachier-Lagrave, Nakamura, Anand, Karjakin, Aronan, Mamedyarov and Giri – the numbers 1-11, all of them ...

Rook and knight in harmony  Chessbase News

Most chessplayers know that the endgame king, rook and bishop vs king and rook is a theoretical draw but difficult to defend. However, they often think that the ...

Sportarena.com
Иванчук сыграет на представительном турнире в Левене
Sportarena.com
Перед этим, 21-25 июня в Париже пройдет еще один крупный турнир серии Grand Chess Tour – в столице Франции сыграют Магнус Карлсен, Никару Накамура, Уэсли Со, Максим Вашье-Лаграв, Сергей Карякин, Фабиано Каруана, Александр ...

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Լևոն Արոնյանը կմասնակցի Grand Chess Tour-ի Բելգիայի մրցաշարին. 16:33, 13 Մարտ, 2017. ԵՐԵՎԱՆ, 13 ՄԱՐՏԻ, ԱՐԵՆՊՐԵՍ: Շախմատի Հայաստանի տղամարդկանց հավաքականի անդամ Լևոն Արոնյանը կմասնակցի Grand Chess Tour-ի ...

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Chess.com
Giri, Kramnik, Ivanchuk Among Grand Chess Tour Wild Cards
Chess.com
The organizers of the Grand Chess Tour stated that wildcards have been selected on two criteria: the players URS™ standings (the GCT's own "universal rating system), "as well as recent exceptional performances." Both Paris and Leuven will have a prize ...

Giri, Kramnik, Ivanchuk Among Grand Chess Tour Wild Cards  Chess.com

Giri, Kramnik, Ivanchuk Among Grand Chess Tour Wild Cards  Chess.com

Giri, Kramnik, Ivanchuk Among Grand Chess Tour Wild Cards  Chess.com

Mahindra Scorpio TOISA 2017 Nominees: Chess
Times of India
In 2016, Anand won the Champions Showdown in St Louis, an exhibition tournament featuring three other grandmasters, and the Leon Chess Rapid Masters tournament to go with solid performances in the Tal Memorial and London Chess Classic.

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The Boston Globe
Chess notes
The Boston Globe
The St. Louis Chess and Educational Center never seems to rest. Along with its numerous educational programs, relentless support of top-flight chess through the Grand Chess Tour and the US Championships, support of chess in the Boy Scouts, and the ...

A brand new way of analyzing - Assisted Analysis!  Chessbase News

ChessBase 14 has introduced a brand new way of analyzing chess positions with the help of the latest feature called Assisted Analysis. In this article we will be ...

A brand new way of analyzing - Assisted Analysis!  Chessbase News

ChessBase 14 has introduced a brand new way of analyzing chess positions with the help of the latest feature called Assisted Analysis. In this article we will be ...

KBIA
On Chess: Creating a path for future elite players through quarterly tournaments
KBIA
The tournaments will certainly attract international attention, but are not expected to be at the level of the flagship events, such as the Grand Chess Tour or the U.S. Championship. Both tournaments will be a single, ten player round robin event, and ...

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KBIA
On Chess: Creating a path for future elite players through quarterly tournaments
KBIA
In this column, we usually talk about some of the most prestigious events in the entire world: The U.S. Chess Championship, rhe Sinquefield Cup, the Olympiad, the Candidates, the Women's World Championship. However, very rarely do we talk about the ...

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St. Louis Public Radio
On Chess: Creating a path for future elite players through quarterly tournaments
St. Louis Public Radio
The tournaments will certainly attract international attention, but are not expected to be at the level of the flagship events, such as the Grand Chess Tour or the U.S. Championship. Both tournaments will be a single, ten player round robin event, and ...

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St. Louis Public Radio
On Chess: Creating a path for future elite players through quarterly tournaments
St. Louis Public Radio
In this column, we usually talk about some of the most prestigious events in the entire world: The U.S. Chess Championship, rhe Sinquefield Cup, the Olympiad, the Candidates, the Women's World Championship. However, very rarely do we talk about the ...

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Wesley now no. 2 in world chess ranking
The Standard
So, who is 16 points behind Carlsen, is deep in preparation for his next series of tournaments--the 2017 Grand Chess Tour. In this series, Kramnik won't be around, with Levon Aronian taking his place in the tournament, which will offer a total purse of ...

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